fitter
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈfɪtɚ/
Adjective
  1. comparative form of fit
    An exercise bike won't make you fitter if you never find time to use it.
    My bird's loads fitter than yours.
Noun

fitter (plural fitters)

  1. A person who fits or assembles something.
    a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
  2. (informal) An epileptic.
  3. (UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
  4. (film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
    • 2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader (page 268)
      For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.
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